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By brutond (Guest Post)
04/02/2008
I found out that they are called Darkling Beetle's and hopefully they are not as bad this year as they have been in the previous last two years.
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04/01/2008
I wonder if these are carpet beetles.... The ones I have are teeeeeeeeny tiiiny black bugs with little gray spots. They move surprisingly fast for their size. The larvae are known as "wooly bears"!
Pretty much the only things you can do is clean clean clean! They eat feathers and hair and probably skin cells, so they are ubiquitous!
Some bug sprays that list specifically carpet beetles can be used, but only around the baseboards and edges, not on bedding or upholstery! Hot water washing for your bed linens are about the best way to kill them off. It's hard to kill them all, I never even see the larvae, only the adult beetles themselves. It's a struggle to keep up, although in cold weather I don't see them.
You can Google on them and then look at the images area to see if they are what you have.
Good luck....
Oh, do NOT use Borax as a pest control if you have pets or small kids, as they can ingest it. NOT a good thing!
By (Guest Post)
05/16/2006
If you are in the country could you ask a local stock and station company to advise what type of beetle they are.And what course of action should you take To get rid of them.Or take a digital photo and send to the dept of agriculture they could give some advice.You may be able to make a simple bug trap once you know what attracts them like a fly trap as opposed to chemical sprays.
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